HENRY, Lance Eric Gordon
| Service Number: | 420797 |
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| Enlisted: | 9 November 1941 |
| Last Rank: | Flight Lieutenant |
| Last Unit: | Central Flying School |
| Born: | Woollahra, New South Wales, 9 November 1914 |
| Home Town: | Muswellbrook, Muswellbrook, New South Wales |
| Schooling: | Not known |
| Occupation: | Driver/Salesman |
| Died: | Accidental, Little River, Victoria, Little River, Victoria, Australia, 11 January 1945, aged 30 years |
| Cemetery: |
Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Victoria Plot D, Row A, Grave 12, Geelong Eastern Cemetery, Geelong East, Geelong, Victoria, Australia |
| Memorials: | Australian War Memorial Roll of Honour |
World War 2 Service
| 9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 420797, Sydney, New South Wales | |
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| 9 Nov 1941: | Enlisted Royal Australian Air Force, Flight Lieutenant, 420797, Central Flying School | |
| 10 Nov 1941: | Involvement Royal Australian Air Force, Aircraftman, 420797 | |
| 11 Jan 1945: | Involvement Flight Lieutenant, 420797, Central Flying School |
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Add my storyBiography contributed by Elizabeth Allen
Lance Eric Gordon HENRY was born in Woollahra, Sydney on 9th November, 1914
His parents were Albert Ernest HENRY & Amy Louisa ELTON who married in Sydney in 1908
He married Laura Elizabeth MERRICK in Muswellbrook,NSW in 1940 - one daughter Ina Roselyn HENRY who died in 1942.
He died on 11th January, 1945 & is buried in the Geelong Eastern Cemetery in Victoria (Plot D, Row A, Grave 12)
"IN SILENCE WE REMEMBER"
Biography
Killed while an instructor in a low-flying training accident when the aircraft hit powerlines in a non-designated low-flying area.
Also killed was the student, Flying Officer John Edward Kitchen.
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